{"id":4,"date":"2005-10-19T20:38:58","date_gmt":"2005-10-19T20:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/building.wordpress.com\/2005\/10\/19\/general-contractor-search-take-three\/"},"modified":"2005-10-19T20:38:58","modified_gmt":"2005-10-19T20:38:58","slug":"general-contractor-search-take-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.smalltimelandlord.net\/?p=4","title":{"rendered":"NYC Contractors: General Contractor Search &#8212; take three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly exhausting the list of contractors found on various industry association pages, it&#8217;s time to try a different approach. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-1765623-10362932\">ReliableRemodeler.com<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/image-1765623-10362932\" alt=\"Reliable Remodelers\" \/><\/strong> is an online referral\/search site that pairs the right contractor with the job a web user submits. Contractors that are listed are charged a monthly fee, which could help to eliminate many of the hobbyists that might have an ad in the yellowpages. After submitting job parameters and answering some additional questions, contractors that respond can provide <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkqlhce.com\/click-1765623-10362917\">Free Estimates<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"Reliable Remodelers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tqlkg.com\/image-1765623-10362917\" \/>.   <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-1765623-164595\">National Contractors.com<\/a><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"National Contractors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ftjcfx.com\/image-1765623-164595\" \/> is another project contractor matching online service that&#8217;s available free to Project Owners (aka the ones that need the work done). Those looking to &#8220;Find Quality Contractors&#8221; at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-1765623-166099\"> National Contractors.com<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"National Contractors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/image-1765623-166099\" \/> enter in contact information and project parameters which are then sent out to the contractor base for bids.   <\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Job parameters used:<\/p>\n<p>Property was extensively rennovated last year by prior owner. Upon inspection, the chimney was determined not to be built to code. The chimney is currently being re-built, however the company doing that does not repair any damage to walls surrounding the chimney work area. <\/p>\n<p>The project scope deals directly with repairing the damaged areas of the drywall to the point where detecting damage related to the chimney project is no longer detectable. <\/p>\n<p>Qualifications: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Respondents must be licensed by New York City (please provide license number in your response)<\/li>\n<li>Must be fully insured and bonded (please provide the name of the bonding agency).      <\/li>\n<li>Membership in an industry association (NARI, NAHB) while not required is preferred.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>   The interview process: Ask the contractor:   <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How long has she or he been in business, and at what addresses?<\/li>\n<li>Does the contractor subcontract, or use in-house staff?<\/li>\n<li>At what telephone numbers can you reach the contractor during an emergency?<\/li>\n<li>When will the contractor be on site?<\/li>\n<li>How many other jobs does the contractor take on at the same time?<\/li>\n<li>Does the contractor have certifications from remodeling and contracting industry organizations? <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly exhausting the list of contractors found on various industry association pages, it&#8217;s time to try a different approach.<br \/>\nReliableRemodeler.com is an online referral\/search site that pairs the right contractor with the job a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contractors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smalltimelandlord.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smalltimelandlord.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smalltimelandlord.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smalltimelandlord.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smalltimelandlord.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.smalltimelandlord.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smalltimelandlord.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smalltimelandlord.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smalltimelandlord.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}